Octopus Launches FleetBoost to Slash Public Charging Bills for Electric Fleets

UK fleets running electric vehicles could see their public charging costs drop by up to 30%, after Octopus unveiled a new scheme called FleetBoost that pulls discounted rates from some of the country’s best-known charging operators.

Announced on October 23, the programme is being folded into the wider Octopus Fleet platform, which already handles payments across home and public charging plus a Visa-backed card for mixed-fuel fleets. FleetBoost adds cut-price access to a partner network rather than asking drivers to hunt for vouchers or separate apps.

Who is on board

Three charge point operators have signed up at launch:

• MFG EV Power — thousands of rapid bays across the UK
• IONITY — the long-distance highway network
• Be.EV — regional public charging in the north of England

For fleet managers, the appeal isn’t really the discount alone. It’s the consolidation. Drivers keep using their existing cards and reimbursement routes, while the savings are applied at the point of charging.

The headline claim: Octopus says FleetBoost can cut a business’s EV charging bill by as much as 30%.

Matt Davies, who founded Octopus Fleet, framed the move around the two things fleet operators complain about most — cost and reliability. He argued that pooling some of the UK’s largest charging brands under one commercial programme is a way to speed up van and car fleet electrification while bringing down what companies pay at public posts.

The operators, for their part, see affordability as the bottleneck. Martin Symes, EV Director at MFG EV Power, described cheap public charging as the biggest single unlock for getting businesses to switch, adding that FleetBoost delivers real savings across thousands of MFG bays nationwide.

The timing makes sense. Commercial electrification has lagged behind the consumer market in Britain, and high public charging prices are one of the reasons cited most often. A rebate-style structure that sits on top of existing payment systems could be more attractive to fleets than another standalone charging app.

What’s still unclear

Details are thin on how the 30% figure is calculated — whether it reflects a blended average, specific off-peak rates, or depends on a customer’s charging mix. Octopus hasn’t published per-kWh tariffs for the partner network either. For now, the proposition is a commercial one rather than a published price list.